Poondu Kuzhambu Recipe -- Onion garlic Pulusu -- Ullipaya Pulusu Recipe

Poondu Kuzhambu -- onion garlic pulusu is another sambar kind dish made with onions and garlic. There will be no dal or lentils in it. It can be served with rice. My aunt from Chennai  introduced it to me and all my family members liked it very much. She suggested to avoid jaggery if you want, but I added. 
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Recipe Category: Side Dish
Recipe Cuisine: Tamil Nadu
Serves: 4 people
Author: Sailaja Angara

Ingredients:

• Onions or Small Onions - 2 or 1/4 cup
• Garlic - 15 
• Tamarind - 1 small lemon sized
• Salt - to taste
• Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
• Pepper Powder -1/4 tsp
• Sambar Powder - 1 tsp
• Jaggery - 1 pinch
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
• Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
• Urad Dal - 1 tsp
• Toor Dal - 1 tsp
• Fenugreek Seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Curry Leaves - 10
• Rice Flour - 1 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Soak tamarind in water and squeeze the juice and keep it aside.
2. Peel the skin of onions and garlic. 
3. Heat oil in a thick bottomed vessel. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal, toor dal and fenugreek seeds. 
4. When they start spluttering add onions and garlic. Fry them for a while. Add curry leaves also.
   
5. Add in tamarind juice. Add salt and turmeric powder.
6. Allow it to boil till the onions and garlic cooks completely.
7. Add sambar powder and jaggery. Allow it to boil. 
8. Allow it to boil in low flame for five minutes. 
9. When it comes to rolling boiling, add rice flour in little water and pour that in the pulusu.
10. Add pepper powder just before switching off and mix well.
11. Serve hot spicy onion garlic pulusu with rice.